Eleventh Generation

1026. John Merritt Jr^1304,1315 was born on 17 February 1661/2 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1314,1536 He died on 5 July 1740 at the age of 78 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1314,1536 He was buried after 5 July 1740 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate Harbor, First Parish Cemetery.¹³¹⁵ John was part proprietor of Conihaset May 20, 1746. Elizabeth Pinson and John Merritt Jr were married about 1686 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.¹³¹⁵ Although it has been claimed that Elizabeth Hyland married in 1686 John Merritt (son of John), it was apparently Elizabeth Pinson who married John. See Maclean W. McLean's article "The Daughters of Thomas Pinson (1640-1714), The American Genealogist 50 (1974), 98-99.

1027. Elizabeth Pinson was born on 7 March 1663/4 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.¹³¹⁴ She died on 15 April 1746 at the age of 82 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.¹³¹⁴ She was buried in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate Harbor, First Parish Cemetery.

Children were:

i.
John Merritt^1314,1315 was born in August 1687 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} He died on 24 September 1760 at the age of 73 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.¹³¹⁴ On when John was 39, he married Hannah Peaks, in First Parish Church, Scituate. John was a husbandman. He gave deed to Nicholas Lichfield of one and a half share of upland and swamp, granted in1723 to John Merritt, Jr, and Jonathan Merritt, Sr., 1 Aug., 1727.
ii.
Thomas Merritt was born in September 1688 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1315,1317 Thomas Merritt. Born in Sep 1688 in Scituate, MA.[24]
On 7 Nov 1711 when Thomas was 23, he married Abigail Woodworth (655) , daughter of Joseph Woodworth (327) (ca 1645-1718) & Sarah Stockbridge (324) (ca 1645-), in Scituate, MA.[24] Born in Apr 1685 in Scituate, MA.[24]
They had the following children:
i. Agatha. Born on 11 Feb 1712 in Scituate, MA.[24] At the age of 8, Agatha was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 11 Sep 1720.[24]
On 24 Sep 1730 when Agatha was 18, she married Clamond Bate, in Hanover, MA.[58]

930 ii. Abigail (1714-)
iii. Amy. Born on 21 Dec 1716 in Scituate, MA.[24] At the age of 3, Amy was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 11 Sep 1720.[24]

931 iv. Mary (1718-1795)
932 v. Thomas (1721-)
iii.
Deborah Merritt was born in December 1689 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1314,1315
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iv.
Elizabeth Merritt.
v.
Mary Merritt¹³¹⁴ was born in November 1692 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} She died on 18 May 1771 at the age of 78 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.¹³¹⁴ She was buried in South Parish Cem., Norwell. On 22 Dec 1712 when Mary was 20, she married Isaac Buck, son of Isaac Buck (ca 1654-19 Mar 1689) & Eunice Turner (10 Apr 1661-), in First Parish Church, Scituate. Born on 8 Apr 1689 in Scituate, MA.
They had the following children:
i. Mary. Born on 1 Sep 1713 in Scituate, MA. Mary died bef 1725; she was 11.
ii. Abigail. Born on 22 Oct 1714 in Scituate, MA. Abigail died in Hanover, MA on 29 Jul 1796; she was 81. On 27 Jul 1737 when Abigail was 22, she married Benjamin Silvester, son of Benjamin Sylvester (11 Dec 1680-14 Mar 1760) & Jerusha Wheaton (ca 1690-). Born on 5 Nov 1711 in Scituate, MA. At the age of 8, Benjamin was baptized on 8 May 1720. Benjamin died on 24 Jan 1796; he was 84.
iii. Margeret. Born on 8 Jun 1716 in Scituate, MA.
iv. Isaac. Born on 13 Feb 1717 in Hanover, MA.
v. James (Died as Child). Born on 13 Oct 1719 in Scituate, MA At the age of 4, James was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 3 Nov 1723. James died bef 1723; he was 3.
vi. Thomas (Died as Child). Born ca 1722 in Scituate, MA. Thomas was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 17 Jun 1722.[24] Thomas died bef 1727; he was 5.
vii. James. Born on 23 Sep 1723 in Hanover, MA.[58]
viii. Mary. Born on 12 Feb 1725 in Hanover, MA.[58] Mary was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 13 Jun 1725. On 19 Oct 1745 when Mary was 20, she married Samuel Bryant. Born ca 1716. Samuel was baptized on 29 Jul 1716. Occupation: housewright.
ix. Thomas. Born on 4 Apr 1727 in Hanover, MA.[58] Thomas was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 4 Jun 1727.[47]
x. Eunice. Born on 9 Nov 1729 in Hanover, MA.[58]
xi. Hannah. Born on 26 Dec 1731 in Hanover, MA.[58]
xii. Sarah. Born on 29 Aug 1734 in Hanover, MA.[58]

vi.
Ruth Merritt¹⁵³⁷ was born in May 1694 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1314,1315 She died on 16 October 1721 at the age of 27 in USA, Massachusetts, Plymouth Co., Hingham.¹⁵³⁷ On 14 Nov 1717 when Ruth was 23, she married Jacob Lincoln, son of Joshua Lincoln (ca 1645-21 Apr 1694) & Deborah Hobart (589) (ca 1647-29 Nov 1684).[19] Born on 21 Mar 1681 in Hingham, MA.
vii.
Ichabod Merritt was born in October 1695 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} He was baptized on 1 March 1730 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate, Second Church of Scituate. George C. Turner, "Records of the Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass.," New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg.
At the age of 34, Ichabod was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 1 Mar 1730.
On 23 Apr 1728 when Ichabod was 32, he married Mary Thorn, in Scituate, MA.
They had the following children:
i. Joseph. Born on 29 Mar 1729 in Scituate, MA.[24] Joseph was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 1 Mar 1730.[47]
ii. Mary. Born ca 1730 in Scituate, MA. Mary was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 11 Oct 1730.[47]
iii. Benjamin. Born ca 1732 in Scituate, MA. Benjamin was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 2 Apr 1732.[47]
iv. Hannah. Born ca 1734 in Scituate, MA. Hannah was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 4 Aug 1734.[24]

viii.
Hannah Merritt was born in February 1697 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317}
ix.
Henry Merritt¹³¹⁵ was born in May 1699 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} Henry lived in Hanover, Mass.
x.
Abigail Merritt was born in November 1700 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317}
xi.
Jonathan Merritt^{1314,1538,1539} was born in May 1702 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} He died on 21 October 1758 at the age of 56 in USA, Connecticut, Tolland Co., Hebron.¹³¹⁵ On 8 Jan 1727 when Jonathan was 24, he married Mehitabel Damon , daughter of Lieut. Zachary Damon (1654-3 Sep 1731) & Martha Woodworth (1657-ca Jun 1721), in First Parish Church, Scituate. Born in Feb 1696.
Jonathan and Mehitabel removed to Hebron, CT, before 1736.
They had one child:
i. Simeon. Born on 4 Sep 1728 in Scituate, MA. At the age of 7, Simeon was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 9 Nov 1735.

xii.
David Merritt^{1314,1538,1539} was born in October 1703 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^{1314,1315,1317} On 21 Oct 1736 when David was 33, he married Hannah Barrell , daughter of William Barrell (28 Mar 1683-) & Elizabeth Bailey, in Second Church of Scituate. Born in 1706 in Scituate, MA.
They had the following children:
i. Lydia. Born on 14 Dec 1737 in Scituate, MA.
ii. David. Born on 17 Feb 1740 in Scituate, MA.
On 17 Feb 1763 when David was 23, he married Sarah [Curtis], a widow, in Scituate, MA.
iii. John. Born on 18 Sep 1743 in Scituate, MA. John died in Scituate, MA on 21 Dec 1811; he was 68.
iv. Hannah. Born on 25 Feb 1748 in Scituate, MA.

xiii.
Ebenezer Merritt¹³¹⁴ was born on 25 December 1705 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1315,1317 He died in August 1707 at the age of 1 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate. Ebenezer, Died as infant when he was 1.
xiv.
Ezekiel Merritt¹³¹⁴ was born on 22 March 1709 in Massachusetts Colony, Plymouth Co., Scituate.^1315,1317 On 3 Aug 1758 when Ezekiel was 48, he married Rachel Vinal, in Scituate, MA.